Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Miranda Bechtel

Female 1851 - 1927  (76 years)


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  • Name Miranda Bechtel 
    Born 11 Apr 1851  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Female 
    Name Miranda Biggs 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Free Thinker 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    -- 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1891  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Christadelphian 
    Residence 1926  Burlington, Halton Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Eby ID Number 00007-0784 
    Died 19 Nov 1927  , Halton Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Burlington, Halton Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I15241  Generations
    Last Modified 1 Dec 2024 

    Father Isaac Bechtel,   b. 8 Oct 1829, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1892, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Jane Tilt,   b. 19 Nov 1829, Capel, , Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1915, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Family ID F4110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alexander Charles Biggs,   b. 1854, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1942, , Halton Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1878  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 10
    Children 
     1. Anna Gertrude "Gerty" Biggs,   b. 29 Oct 1879, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Dr. Byron Edward Biggs,   b. 10 Mar 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1927, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     3. William Thomas Biggs,   b. 25 Jun 1882, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Ellen Ruth "Nellie" Biggs,   b. 24 Nov 1883, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1913  (Age 29 years)
     5. Edna Jane Biggs,   b. 1885, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Charles Alexander Biggs,   b. 1886, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Walton Biggs,   b. 1888, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 3 Dec 2024 
    Family ID F4111  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Meranda Bechtel "was born April 11th, 1850. She is married to Alexander C. Biggs. They reside at Burlington, Ontario, where he is engaged in the insurance business."

      Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 219.

    2. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 5 Pg 7.

    3. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 13.

    4. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 41.

    5. [S1946] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (South Division), Div. 1 Page 2.

    6. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 2.

    7. [S3231] Find A Grave, Greenwood Cemetery Burlington Halton Regional Municipality Ontario, Canada.
      Inscription: Miranda Bechtal wife of Alexander C Biggs born Apr 10 1851 died Nov 19 1927.

    8. [S2441] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1891, Section 1 Page 8.

    9. [S77] News - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - Elmira Signet (1893-1982), Obituary of Milton T. Bechtel - 20 May 1926.

    10. [S24] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - St. John the Evangelist Church of England.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Apr 1851 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Free Thinker - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - -- - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Dec 1878 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Christadelphian - 1891 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1926 - Burlington, Halton Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Nov 1927 - , Halton Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Greenwood Cemetery, Burlington, Halton Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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